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he will use the bible that michelle obama's father gave his mother in 1958. for the inauguration ceremony the president will use two bibes, one is the lincoln bible that he took the oath with in 2009 and abraham lincoln used for his inauguration. he also plans to use martin luther king's personal traveling bible. >> the final chapter in afghanistan. the secretary of defense makes a bold prediction. >> we had a mild january night in washington. doug hill is back with how long this will last. >> rg3 is pressing to start his rehab and recovery. the window zards are ready for wall to return while the ravepbtses are going to count on ray ray in the mile-high city. >> at least 150 people are dead after a series of bombings in pakistan. eight people died in the initial attack at an explosion at a bill lard hall in pakistan. >> the united states is in the final chapter of the struggle to ensure afghanistan can govern and protect itself. that is defense secretary panetta's message. both men agree that the more than decade-long war has been costly. >> we have sacrifice
he will use the bible that michelle obama's father gave his mother in 1958. for the inauguration ceremony the president will use two bibes, one is the lincoln bible that he took the oath with in 2009 and abraham lincoln used for his inauguration. he also plans to use martin luther king's personal traveling bible. >> the final chapter in afghanistan. the secretary of defense makes a bold prediction. >> we had a mild january night in washington. doug hill is back with how long this...
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president obama plans to stay too. now they just have to get those appointees approved and the controversial bills passed in the face of entrenched republican opposition in both houses of congress the biggest the big from mitch mcconnell said, i quote the biggest problem we have at the moment is spending and debt. none of these issues will have the kind of priorities as spending and debt over the next two or three months. in other words this does not concern you. we're joined by the heroic charles pierce contributing write for "esquire" and author of "idiot america." good evening to you. >> good evening to you. >> john: the president has an ambitious agenda guns, immigration which angers all those people who want to use those guns to shoot immigrants, what do you think the president needs to focus on first. >> well, i don't know that he's going to have much choice. he only has 16 months to governor before everyone starts running for president and no one is listening again. i think he does see some room for compromise o
president obama plans to stay too. now they just have to get those appointees approved and the controversial bills passed in the face of entrenched republican opposition in both houses of congress the biggest the big from mitch mcconnell said, i quote the biggest problem we have at the moment is spending and debt. none of these issues will have the kind of priorities as spending and debt over the next two or three months. in other words this does not concern you. we're joined by the heroic...
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and he will sit down with president obama. and nbc's tia who is normally there is here with us. >> thank you. good to be. >> you met with karzai. you did an interview with him. give us your perspective on his visit here? >> it should be interesting. what they're trying to do is get the serious ball rolling on what america's future in afghanistan is going to be. president obama had strong words in the interview, particularly to the united states. i think he's being realistic in the fact that america may not have much of a presence after 2014. and he's trying to get his ducks in a row for afghanistan's future. although president karzai, if you think about it, there's going to be another election in 2014. he's not going to be the president of afghanistan. right now, what he's focusing on is helping his own legacy. >> and how many could be left behind. it could be zero, maybe 3,000, as many as 15,000. obviously, he's going to push for more, rather than less? >> it seems that way. president karzai and the afghan government right no
and he will sit down with president obama. and nbc's tia who is normally there is here with us. >> thank you. good to be. >> you met with karzai. you did an interview with him. give us your perspective on his visit here? >> it should be interesting. what they're trying to do is get the serious ball rolling on what america's future in afghanistan is going to be. president obama had strong words in the interview, particularly to the united states. i think he's being realistic in...
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unfortunately, this is taking place right here in obama's america. for example, nancy pelosi, and the democrats have been urging the president to bypass the constitution, article 1, section 7. urging the president to use the 14th amendment to raise the debt ceiling and only today did the white house spokesman jay carney seem to back off that unconstitutional idea, but with this group, who knows? obama is increasingly relying on executive orders to bypass congressional authority, now, this is what he refers to as the, we can't wait initiative or as i call it get the republicans the hell out of the way initiative. he's been using this for infrastructure projects and policies, and made several recess appointments while the senate was officially still in session. no president has attempted that power grab and halted deportation of illegal immigrants and adoptions of the dream act though he failed to pass it through congress and unilaterally changed welfare requirements without submitting them to congress for review. even the office said he should have co
unfortunately, this is taking place right here in obama's america. for example, nancy pelosi, and the democrats have been urging the president to bypass the constitution, article 1, section 7. urging the president to use the 14th amendment to raise the debt ceiling and only today did the white house spokesman jay carney seem to back off that unconstitutional idea, but with this group, who knows? obama is increasingly relying on executive orders to bypass congressional authority, now, this is...
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he makes obama look humble. talk about in private meetings. >> bill: it's a personality thing. >> it's a personality thing. >> bill: i don't care about the personality of the cia chief. i want him to be effective. >> bill: it's interesting that graham would say look i'm going to block this enemies you are more forth coming about the libyan thing as you point out brennan has nothing to do with it another thing in addition to gun control that president obama has on his agenda is immigration, cammeron. what is likely to happen there? >> well, your prediction at the top of the show sounded about right. the president is going to outline some of his goals in his inaugural address in now less than two weeks. what's going to end up in legislation is very very unclear. republicans are committed to border security first. there hasn't been a lot of talk of that lately. in the senate look for florida senator marco rubio to be a key player there are indications he might be willing to talk to moderate democrats as they begin
he makes obama look humble. talk about in private meetings. >> bill: it's a personality thing. >> it's a personality thing. >> bill: i don't care about the personality of the cia chief. i want him to be effective. >> bill: it's interesting that graham would say look i'm going to block this enemies you are more forth coming about the libyan thing as you point out brennan has nothing to do with it another thing in addition to gun control that president obama has on his...
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this is not just about who president obama appoints to his cabinet. we know this country has changed demographically and a broad coalition of voters elected this president, but i think we should hold everybody accountable for making sure there's diversity. while i was disappointed to see thus far we haven't seen the kind of diversity i hope we will see when we see the full picture, i think there's a much bigger question and a much bigger issue here to which this president has been, you know, a champion of making sure that the doors are open for everybody. >> right. okay. goldie, the president's enemies, who aren't exactly famous for their love of diversity, are making a huge production out of this issue, but this president has done better or at least as well as his two immediately predecessors. he has a 50/50 split of men and women in his staff and he's appointed two women to the supreme court. doesn't that in itself regardless of the current presentation of the cabinet, doesn't that indicate a commitment to diversity? >> it certainly does, but, marti
this is not just about who president obama appoints to his cabinet. we know this country has changed demographically and a broad coalition of voters elected this president, but i think we should hold everybody accountable for making sure there's diversity. while i was disappointed to see thus far we haven't seen the kind of diversity i hope we will see when we see the full picture, i think there's a much bigger question and a much bigger issue here to which this president has been, you know, a...
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obama is relying on executive orders to bypass congressional authority. this is what he refers to as we can't wait initiative. as i call it, get republicans the hell out of the way initiative. he's been using this for projects and poll says, now, it made several recess aplt.ments. senate was still in session. no president has attempt that had power grab. he's halted deportation of illegal immigrants. he adopted provisions of the dream act. failed to pass it through congress and also changed well ware work requirement was out subordinate them for review. the office said he should have consulted congress in that case. you're witnessing an out of control, an arrogant and unconstitutional executive power grab and here to talk about the legality ti of this to discuss what options the president may be waying when it comes to the secondd gun conm american center for law and justice, jay seculo and former special council to former president clinton, lenny davis, welcome back. >> geechblgt. >> chief justice hannity to you, sir. >> and congratulations. >> i appreci
obama is relying on executive orders to bypass congressional authority. this is what he refers to as we can't wait initiative. as i call it, get republicans the hell out of the way initiative. he's been using this for projects and poll says, now, it made several recess aplt.ments. senate was still in session. no president has attempt that had power grab. he's halted deportation of illegal immigrants. he adopted provisions of the dream act. failed to pass it through congress and also changed...
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i think we're seeing barack obama be barack obama. an in your face challenge to the right wing. he's putting in a guy who knows the lessons of vietnam and iraq and putting him out front, making him his point man as he goes into the war of hawkish republicans who count the months between wars as an unwanted time-out. who like nothing more than the next war to fight. meet barack obama two. he's going to run the way he believes to do it. i like it. i think there's one guy out there by the way ironically rooting for obama. it's the guy who got used by the hawks, saw his place ruined by their lies. his name is george w. bush. and he's sitting down there in texas watching the same old predictable crowd of war hawks trying good their number one more time. only this time there's someone in the white house wise to their game. joining me now is msnbc politcal analyst david corn from mother jones. and john feehery. you can throw in your ideas. my idea is this. he picked chuck hagel after watching two or three weeks of him trying to be destroyed by the right wing. he let them hang fire. giv
i think we're seeing barack obama be barack obama. an in your face challenge to the right wing. he's putting in a guy who knows the lessons of vietnam and iraq and putting him out front, making him his point man as he goes into the war of hawkish republicans who count the months between wars as an unwanted time-out. who like nothing more than the next war to fight. meet barack obama two. he's going to run the way he believes to do it. i like it. i think there's one guy out there by the way...
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women have really emerged as a bigger -- who elected barack obama? men -- a majority of men voted for the republican nominee, mitt romney. it was women what were the target of the obama campaign, and i think women have some expectations to be represented. it's been a long time. it's been at least six years since there's been no woman in those top four jobs, those big four cabinet jobs that are first in line for succession to the presidency, and that are seen as the most powerful policymakers in the president's administration. >> going forward, what about the chuck hagel nomination? you cover the pentagon, elizabeth. ruth, we have all been watching this. the white house does feel confident that they have the votes. this is before the hearings, and you never know what will happen at the hearings. >> this is another baseball quote, but it's never over until it's over, and you have seen in -- you and i have both seen, all of us, enough nominations to know that things can change in an instant with dredged up quote or a bad performance at courtesy calls, b
women have really emerged as a bigger -- who elected barack obama? men -- a majority of men voted for the republican nominee, mitt romney. it was women what were the target of the obama campaign, and i think women have some expectations to be represented. it's been a long time. it's been at least six years since there's been no woman in those top four jobs, those big four cabinet jobs that are first in line for succession to the presidency, and that are seen as the most powerful policymakers in...
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has such a strong relationship with israel a relationship that president obama himself has referred to as quote an unbreakable bond one of the reasons the connection between these two countries is so close because of a powerful lobbying effort apac the american israel public affairs committee itself described as the most important organization affecting the u.s. relationship with israel the lobby has tens of thousands of members and its annual annual policy conference is one of washington's largest gathering of lawmakers exceeded only by the state of the union address which is why republican senator chuck hagel two thousand and six jurors such heavy criticism over his views on the lobbies influence he said quote the political reality is that the jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here i mean united states senator i'm not an israeli senator now that hagel has been tapped for a spot as defense secretary the mainstream media has been very quick to pick up on those past criticism but why has the questioning of this lobby become so taboo to talk about this unbreakable bond and what
has such a strong relationship with israel a relationship that president obama himself has referred to as quote an unbreakable bond one of the reasons the connection between these two countries is so close because of a powerful lobbying effort apac the american israel public affairs committee itself described as the most important organization affecting the u.s. relationship with israel the lobby has tens of thousands of members and its annual annual policy conference is one of washington's...
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president obama is like hitler and stalin. far right wing members of congress are already getting ready for a fight. congressman jeff duncan of south carolina said in a statement "we live in a republic, not a dictatorship." guests on fox news were in hysterics. >> if he does executives, he is becoming more like hugo chavez all the time. it will be your papers, please, like nazi germany. >> of course, it shouldn't be surprising to see all the right wing hair on fire. before president obama was reelected, the gun lobby told conservatives what to expect in a second term. >> all that first term lip service to gunowners is just part of a massive obama conspiracy to deceive voters and hide his true intentions to destroy the second amendment during his second term. >> according to the national rifle association, any attempt to achieve common sense gun legislation is a conspiracy to take away all guns. unfortunately, should i say fortunately, the common sense side of the debate is not backing around this time around. senate majority l
president obama is like hitler and stalin. far right wing members of congress are already getting ready for a fight. congressman jeff duncan of south carolina said in a statement "we live in a republic, not a dictatorship." guests on fox news were in hysterics. >> if he does executives, he is becoming more like hugo chavez all the time. it will be your papers, please, like nazi germany. >> of course, it shouldn't be surprising to see all the right wing hair on fire. before...
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the atlanta pastor that was picked by president obama to deliver a benediction at the obama inauguration. coming under fire for a sermon that he gave in the '90s which may have given him a disinvite. >> did you look at his signature? >> not that i'm aware of. >> that is jack lew, the president's nominee for treasury secretary. what we know about him besides that weird looking signature? >>> and does president obama need a binderful of women or is that overblown? tweet me @thomasroberts. when what you just bought, just broke. or when you have a little trouble a long way from home... as an american express cardmember you can expect some help. but what you might not expect, is you can get all this with a prepaid card. spends like cash. feels like membership. that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare supplement plans, they help save you up to thousands in out-of-pocket costs. ca
the atlanta pastor that was picked by president obama to deliver a benediction at the obama inauguration. coming under fire for a sermon that he gave in the '90s which may have given him a disinvite. >> did you look at his signature? >> not that i'm aware of. >> that is jack lew, the president's nominee for treasury secretary. what we know about him besides that weird looking signature? >>> and does president obama need a binderful of women or is that overblown? tweet...
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i lost governor napolitano to the obama administration. i lost governor sebelius. >> what does he need to do next then? >> one of the people that's considered and probably will wind up in the cabinet, no insider information, is jennifer granholm. the former governor of michigan, a terrific, smart, able woman. >> no longer in tv. >> no longer in tv. and i'm telling you, if i'm worried about who's in the inner circle, i want the number one person in the inner circle to be someone that, you know, is attuned with me and that's valerie jarrett. >> i'll read from "the washington post" and up all day and i want your incite. obama needs some binders of women. about all of the white guys, what a shame. not an outrage but a shame. a face of power that president obama has chosen to present to the country and the world with his second term cabinet pick is striking except for the african-american president at the top of the pyramid for its retro look, white and male. it's mad men goes to washington except peggy is leaving. i will pose this question tha
i lost governor napolitano to the obama administration. i lost governor sebelius. >> what does he need to do next then? >> one of the people that's considered and probably will wind up in the cabinet, no insider information, is jennifer granholm. the former governor of michigan, a terrific, smart, able woman. >> no longer in tv. >> no longer in tv. and i'm telling you, if i'm worried about who's in the inner circle, i want the number one person in the inner circle to be...
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what's on barack obama's agenda? well -- >> bill: not a lot. >> peter: at 10:30 today the president and vice president receive the daily briefing. we're just now getting word it looks as though 1:30 p.m. today in the east room, they're going to announce jack lew as the next treasury secretary. so it looks like he just added that on to his list of things to do today. other than that, it is pretty wide open. >> bill: i saw him monday in the front row in the east room when president obama nominated chuck hagel and john brennan. >> peter: for those of you wondering what jack lew's signature might look like on your flat money that's the signature of jack lew. it looks a lot like a squiggly line or maybe the auto pen went a little haywire when barack obama tried to sign some legislation. either way, stay tuned to the "full court press." big hour next hour. stay tuned. i'm peter ogborn sitting in with bill still taking your calls at 1-866-55-press. we'll be right back. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." you're get
what's on barack obama's agenda? well -- >> bill: not a lot. >> peter: at 10:30 today the president and vice president receive the daily briefing. we're just now getting word it looks as though 1:30 p.m. today in the east room, they're going to announce jack lew as the next treasury secretary. so it looks like he just added that on to his list of things to do today. other than that, it is pretty wide open. >> bill: i saw him monday in the front row in the east room when...
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it is a photo of president obama in the oval office. he is the one sitting down with his back to the camera. the president meeting in this photo with his senior advisers late last month discussing the fiscal cliff negotiations. you can see treasury secretary tim geithner on the far left, jay carney in the middle holding a can of soda basically, this is the whole fiscal cliff negotiation gang. the caption of the photo says this, quote, the only woman facing the with the was, very closely, valerie jarrett. do you see valerie jarrett in the photo? she is right there in near jay carney. it's valerie jarrett's leg. her left leg is sticking out from behind the guy in the blue and white shirt standing next to jay carney. she appears to be wearing black tights maybe or leggings. but funny as it is, the trickery is not why it became notorious today, and it's not why they put it on the front page of the "new york times." it's because out of one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven senior staff members advising the preside
it is a photo of president obama in the oval office. he is the one sitting down with his back to the camera. the president meeting in this photo with his senior advisers late last month discussing the fiscal cliff negotiations. you can see treasury secretary tim geithner on the far left, jay carney in the middle holding a can of soda basically, this is the whole fiscal cliff negotiation gang. the caption of the photo says this, quote, the only woman facing the with the was, very closely,...
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this is -- maybe i shouldn't raise this, but obama raised this. obama is always accusing wall street fat cats, always talking about bonuses, obscene bonuses. well, for heaven sakes, jack lew was on wall street for a year. he ran the alternative investments at citibank and he got $1 million bonus to that and $1 million cash compensation on top of that. i don't begrudge him that. i'm a free market guy. but his boss begrudges people who made money and lew did that in one year. if you live by the sword, you die by the sword. >> well, again, he is in sync with his boss, president obama, and i think obama's willing to overlook those transgressions as long as you see the world the way he does. and in terms of governor dean, i almost think i'm re-hearing herbert hoover about the need to fight the deficit by raising taxes. raising taxes -- >> and cutting spending. >> raising taxes is not the way to go. and you look at europe, they're raising taxes, japan is raising taxes and the result is a disaster. as you know, if we had normal growth economy, say 4%, wh
this is -- maybe i shouldn't raise this, but obama raised this. obama is always accusing wall street fat cats, always talking about bonuses, obscene bonuses. well, for heaven sakes, jack lew was on wall street for a year. he ran the alternative investments at citibank and he got $1 million bonus to that and $1 million cash compensation on top of that. i don't begrudge him that. i'm a free market guy. but his boss begrudges people who made money and lew did that in one year. if you live by the...
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host: president obama on nbc december 30. how much of that, off and on -- fawn johnson, do you hear as a response to the election? guest: well, it's largely a response to the election, but keep in mind that the president made this particular priority before the election, which it's hard to say exactly what drove that. but one of the things that has been very clear throughout his first term is that the latinos who helped him get elected in 2008 were very upset that not very much happened over the course of obama's first term. he was very focused on healthcare. and i think the president genuinely wants to deal with this issue. everybody who has been involved in it knows how difficult it is. he just wasn't able to put the energy into it he did in the last term. once the election happened, it became clear to republicans that they couldn't just say no like they had been doing over the last four, five years, because the hispanic population only voted for obama. that kind of sets up a much more friendly environment to talk about the
host: president obama on nbc december 30. how much of that, off and on -- fawn johnson, do you hear as a response to the election? guest: well, it's largely a response to the election, but keep in mind that the president made this particular priority before the election, which it's hard to say exactly what drove that. but one of the things that has been very clear throughout his first term is that the latinos who helped him get elected in 2008 were very upset that not very much happened over...
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president obama as the president's inner circle. also, the fierce spread of the flu across the united states and now a shortage of a critical medicine used to treat it. >>> plus, prominent voices lending support to an unlikely idea of a trillion dollar coin. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> judgment, integrity, and friendship all cited by president obama as he nominated his chief of staff, jack lew, to be the next treasury secretary but the announcement is drawing attention to the makeup of the president's second-term cabinet. it's on track to be dominated by men. our white house correspondent brianna keilar is joining us from the white house. what is the white house saying about all of this? >> reporter: wolf, the white house has been asked about this quite a bit. white house press secretary jay carney has said that the president believes diversity is important and he's highlighted that there are a number of women serving in the white house and in the administration and indeed there are, wolf, and there's lack
president obama as the president's inner circle. also, the fierce spread of the flu across the united states and now a shortage of a critical medicine used to treat it. >>> plus, prominent voices lending support to an unlikely idea of a trillion dollar coin. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> judgment, integrity, and friendship all cited by president obama as he nominated his chief of staff, jack lew, to be the next treasury secretary but the...
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threatened president obama made to bypass congress to use executive orders to enact new gun control laws. can he do that? peter doocy live in washington with the latest. >> brian, former president bill clinton was in vegas at the consumer electronics show, and part of his presentation was a plea for stricter gun control. it's very interesting. he said in some places with high crime rates there are going to need to be armed guards in schools, an idea the n.r.a. has endorsed. but he also said the broader issue of gun control must still be addressed. >> i grew up in [inaudible] why do anybody need a 30-clip for a gun? why does anybody need one of those things that carries 100 bullets? half of all the mass killings in the united states occur since the assault weapons ban expired. >> vice president biden yesterday said the president is talking to attorney general holder about potentially issuing an executive order to restrict weapons with the hope of preventing gunmen from committing mass murder in the future, although he made clear it is not something that has been decided on yet. president
threatened president obama made to bypass congress to use executive orders to enact new gun control laws. can he do that? peter doocy live in washington with the latest. >> brian, former president bill clinton was in vegas at the consumer electronics show, and part of his presentation was a plea for stricter gun control. it's very interesting. he said in some places with high crime rates there are going to need to be armed guards in schools, an idea the n.r.a. has endorsed. but he also...
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barack obama is very liberal. we need to go with the majority of the people in the country. and we have to break the cultural silence. >> jennifer: right. that's what we're going to talk about next with cenk uygur. christine thank you so much for coming inside "the war room." and all of the writing you are doing on this as well. rape is a big and underreported problem, as christine mentioned in subenville ohio two high school football players are going to go on trial next month for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl last september. cenk uygur comes to was the latest. i know we're going to talk about what you are going to have on your show, but since you have been covering this particular case rapes happen every day in america and they often get no press. why is this story garnering so much at attention. >> honestly because anonymous jumped into the fray here. >> jennifer: tell people who anonymous is. >> it's a group that works largely online and hide their identity and to some degree they are a vigilantly group, and they do do hacking from time to time and in this case the
barack obama is very liberal. we need to go with the majority of the people in the country. and we have to break the cultural silence. >> jennifer: right. that's what we're going to talk about next with cenk uygur. christine thank you so much for coming inside "the war room." and all of the writing you are doing on this as well. rape is a big and underreported problem, as christine mentioned in subenville ohio two high school football players are going to go on trial next month...